Caol Ila 1983 DT The Octave

Category	SINGLE MALT
Distillery	Caol Ila
Bottler	Duncan Taylor (DT)
Bottling Series	The Octave
Vintage	1983
Bottled Year	2011
Age	29년
Cask Type	Bourbon / Sherry Octave Cask
Cask Number	400926
Bottles Released	70
ABV	53.4%
Volume	700 ml
Label	-
Country	Scotland
Region	Islay

Flavor Profile

Sweet

Smoky

Fruity

Oaky

Peaty

Vanilla

Maritime

Honey

Dried Fruit

Spicy

Creamy

Herbal

Floral

Nutty

Citrus

Chocolate

Tasting Notes

Colour

pale gold

air Nose

starts on a lot of coffee, which came unexpected. And I mean espresso. Then there's a subtle smokiness, and then a much more old-school peatiness that reminds me of some much older versions that were distilled in the 1960s. Fun! We're talking diesel oil, linseed oil, bandages, tar, cigar smoke… Then more fresh walnuts, apple peel, seaweed… Quite superb I must say. With water: hello, wet dogs! And more peat smoke, ashes, sea water, wet gravel, even antiseptic, ink…

restaurant Palate

surprising yet again! Starts very oily and sweet (barley sugar) but it's soon to get acrid (in a pleasant way), herbal and extremely phenolic and smoky. Did they use malt made for Ardbeg? (yeah, sure, in 1983… very early 1983 then!) With water: got earthy, rooty, almondy… Peated marzipan? Who's going to try to make that?

timer Finish

long, with rather more brine and touches of lemon

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